Hi-bond Bearings Pvt. Ltd was born of a long legacy of excellence
in manufacturing.

In 1970, the late Shri V. Patel founded the company VBW,
for the manufacturing of bronze casting and bronze bearings for
agricultural machines. The success of VBW led to the formation of
its affiliate company, IBW. With IBW, Patel expanded into the
industrial and marine engineering sectors, supplying tin-based
Babbitt bearings and bushing for industrial, marine and
agricultural engines.

With two companies already running successfully, the
Patel family decided to further solidify their presence in the
manufacturing industry. In 1990, with only eight employees and 700
square metres of space, they opened a fully-automatic plant for the
production of custom-made bi-metallic bearings and bushing. This
company was known as Hi-bond Bearings Pvt. Ltd. The raw materials
unit for Hi-bond Bearings was christened Hi-bond Strips Pvt. Ltd.

Hi-bond Bearings Pvt. Ltd quickly became the much sought-after
developer, producer and supplier of a wide range of high-quality
bearings and bushing for the mechanical engineering and
manufacturing industries. It became the go-to company for the very
finest plain shaft engine bearings and bushing. The 1990s brought
steady growth and recognition to Hi-bond as one of the very best in
its segment – a position and responsibility that the Patel family
strives to maintain to this day.

Now, with over a 100 employees, and a 2,400 square metre
state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Rajkot, Hi-bond Bearings
Pvt. Ltd has established itself as a leading producer of thin-walled
and thick-walled bi-metal and tri-metal bearings, bushings, and
thrust washers. These products are used for a variety of products –
cars, trucks, tractors and other automobiles; compressors, gas
turbines, earth movers, pumps, agricultural engines, diesel engines,
railway engines, marine, and other heavy-duty engines. The
production of consistently high quality materials, on-time delivery,
affordable pricing, and a robust sales network has made Hi-bond an
internationally recognisable name in over 30 countries, including
the UK, Europe, North and South America, the Middle-east, Far-east,
Asia Pacific and Russia.

The story of Hi-bond is the story of success through
tireless dedication and excellence. Over 30 years of experience has
paved the way to the leading position Hi-bond commands in the
manufacturing market today. Hi-bond an ISO 9001-2008 Certified (by
German Independent Testing Lab TUV) company, that runs like a
well-oiled machine, delivering perfection and precision in
manufacturing. Hi-bond Bearings Pvt. Ltd will continue to innovate
and push the boundaries of bi-metal and tri-metal manufacturing to
deliver the very best for their ever-expanding roster of clients.

Millions of people are on the move everyday, whether on the road,
in the air or on the water. All of them put their trust in the
reliability, quality and safety of their transportation means. As a
manufacturer of high quality engine and vehicle component building
this trust is our primary AIM with wide range of Bearings & Bushes,
Hibond covers all applications and purposes in the area of;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINES

AUTOMOBILES PETROL & DIESEL ENGINES

GENERATORS

HEAVY TRUCKS

HEAVY EARTH MOVERS

LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ( Lcv's )

PASSENGER CARS

RAILWAYS

These engine Bearings & Bushes are available in all usual sizes and
basic materials.

This lead base babbitt is soft,
excellent embeddability for relative applications,
minimum lubrication, good resistance, low fatigue resistance
and has been used for many years in lower load application.

SAE - 15

This lead base babbitt has a good
bearing performance, good embeddability and has been
used for many years in lower lead application.

SAE - 12

This tin base babbitt has good sliding
properties, conformability and high toughness; good
embeddability suitable for high sliding velocities in
the hydrodynamic range, mean load, impact stress at low
frequency insensitive to reversed bending stress.

This material is best suited for
bushings and washers subjected to high impact and
vibratory loads. In most cases. it operates best with
hardened shaft.

SAE - 49

High fatigue strength, normally
platted with an overlay when used in bearing
application and in this from may be operated with hard or soft
shafts, susceptible to corrosion by degraded oil when not
overlay plated.

SAE - 794

High fatigue strength and shock
resistance, suitable for high speed shafts,
oscillanting or rotating motion hard shaft desirable, normally
overlay plated when used in bearing application.

SINTERED
COPPER LEAD

SAE - 792

This material is best suited for
bushings and washers subjected to high impact and
vibratory loads. In most cases. it operates best with
hardened shaft.

SAE - 49

This is a bearing material designed
exclusively for high load. The material is plated with
a unique trimetal overlay and nickel dam.

SAE - 794

This material is employed for bushings
and thrust washers applications subjected to
intermediate impacts and vibratory loads. It has certain
degree of embeddability and it is suitable for higher speed of
load.

CLAD
ALUMINIUM

SAE - 783

This aluminium clad has good fatigue
resistance, good surface behavior, excellent corrosion
resistance, intermediate to heavy load, main con.rod
bearing, thrust washer and wrapped bushes for hard and soft
shafts.

CAST
ALUMINIUM (SOLID)

SAE - 770

This material having a high fatigue
strength, good corrosion resistance and conformability
is used with hard shafts.